There is no solution to the problem. Proof: We have to consider two cases: Case a) at least one of the $P_j$ is zero The let k be the smallest index for which $P_k = 0$. Then from $0 = \alpha P_k = P_{k+1} + ... + P_{2k+1}$ we have $P_{k+1} = P_{k+2} = .. = P_{2k+1} = 0$ and, inductively, $P_j = 0$ if $j \ge k$. On the other hand $\alpha P_{k-1} = P_{k} + ... = 0$ and so on downwards so that all $P_j = 0$ which contradicts the normalization condition. Hence we can rule out case a) Case b) all P_j are positive I shall show that there is no solution to the recursive equations with (1) $P_j \gt 0, j = 1, 2, 3, ...$ First from $\alpha P_1 = P_2 + P_3$ we conclude $\alpha \gt 0$ Notice also the $P_0$ appears only in the relation $\alpha P_0 = P_1$ which shows that $P_0 \gt 0$ as well, but $P_0$ does not appear in the normalization. Therefore we consider it as a mere abrevíation for $P_1/ \alpha $. Now we transform the recursive relation into a standard form, which we define here to be one in which an element with a specific index is defined in terms of elements with smaller indices. Define (2) $Q_i = P_{i+1}+P_{i+2}+..., i = 0,1,2,...$ As a sum over positive quantities we have $Q_i \gt 0, i = 0, 1, 2, ...$ The inversion of (2) is (3) $P_i = Q_{i-1} - Q_i , i = 1, 2, ... $ Now the equations become $\alpha P_j = Q_j - Q_{2j+1}, j =1, 2, 3, ... $ Using (3) we get $\alpha (Q_{j-1}-Q_j) = Q_j - Q_{2j+1}$ or (4) $Q_{2j+1} = (1+\alpha ) Q_j - \alpha Q_{j-1}, j = 1, 2, ...$ This is now a recursive relation in standard form. The inital values are $Q_0 = P_1 + P_2 + ... = 1$ because of the normalization condition. And $Q_1 = 1 - P_1 = 1 - \alpha P_0$ can be considered as a free parameter in the interval (0,1). Before we solve (4) we observe that it defines only the elements with an odd index. Therefore we let $Q_{2k} = C_k > 0, k = 1, 2, ...$ with arbitrary $C_k$ in the interval (0,1). Performing now the first few steps of the solution to (4) the reader will find that $P_{10} = - C_5 - \alpha (1+\alpha ) Q_1$ But this is a negative quantity, and the contradiction proves the statement.